The world's religions / Ninian Smart
- Bib ID:
- 2216856
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Smart, Ninian, 1927-
- Online Version:
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- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998
- 608 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0521631394 (cased)
- 0521637481 (paperback)
- 0521340055
- Summary:
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This book is a revised and updated edition of a popular work, which looks at the world's religions in terms of world history, and as constantly developing systems of belief. Religions are described through their symbols, rituals, followers, architecture and art. References, statistics, maps and pictures have been updated and added, illuminating the true nature of each religion. The text has been thoroughly revised to highlight recent developments in world religion.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Earliest Religion
- 2. South Asia
- 3. China
- 4. Japan
- 5. Southeast Asia
- 6. The Pacific
- 7. The America
- 8. The Ancient Near East
- 9. Persia and Central Asia
- 10. The Greek and Roman World
- 11. Classical and Medieval Christianity and Judaism
- 12. Classical and Medieval Islam
- 13. Classical African Religions
- 14. The Explosion of Europe and the Reforming of Christianity
- 15. North America
- 16. South Asia and Reactions to Colonial Intervention
- 17. China and Korea in Modern Times
- 18. Modern Southeast Asia
- 19. Japan in Modern Times
- 20. Islam Passes through the Shadows
- 21. The Colonial Impact in the Pacific
- 22. Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
- 23. Africa in the Modern World
- 24. Latin America and the Caribbean
- 25. Reflections on the Twentieth Century.
- Notes:
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- Previous ed.: 1989.
- Bibliography: p 597-599. - Includes index.
- Subject:
- Religions
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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